The Witness

After Kendall Keaton pulls herself and her baby out of a wrecked car, a
mixture of courage and terror gets her to the top of a ravine, where
she flags down help. But she doesn't dare give the hospital her real
name or the true identity of the car's injured driver. She tells them
only that he is her husband. And as quickly as she can, she starts to
plan their escape. Kendall's nightmare began when she came to Prosper,
South Carolina, to be the best public defender the county ever had.
She quickly fell in love with Prosper's most eligible bachelor, and
after a whirlwind courtship had a fairy-tale perfect wedding. Her
father-in-law made her feel like part of the family, the kind of close,
loving family she had always dreamed could be hers. When she became
pregnant, Kendall's happiness seemed complete. She never suspected that
coming to Prosper had plunged her into the midst of a chilling
conspiracy of bigotry and hate or that she had become a player in an
abhorrent deception. Soon Kendall starts losing cases she should have
won. She feels surrounded by whispers and secrets, fear, and
frightened eyes. Finally Kendall becomes a witness to a horrifying
crime. With shocking clarity she realizes she has misjudged the people
around her. Worst of all, she has confused the happiness she wanted so
badly with the nightmare she is now forced to endure-a precarious
existence that will keep her on the run until justice prevails in
Prosper...and until her child is safe.